Open AccessEnvironmentally Friendly Extraction of Antioxidants from Elettaria cardamomum seeds with Glucose-Citric Acid-Based Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent
Author(s) -
Merver Özmatara Bat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
records of agricultural and food chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2792-0763
DOI - 10.25135/rfac.3.2107.2149
Subject(s) - citric acid , environmentally friendly , chemistry , solvent , antioxidant , tannin , extraction (chemistry) , organic chemistry , methanol , traditional medicine , food science , biology , medicine , ecology
Elettaria cardamomum belongs to the Zingiberaceae family. It contains components (phenolic compounds, alkaloids, terpenoids) it has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects. The purpose of this study is to research the effect of glucose-citric acid based natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES) on the antioxidant activity of Elettaria cardamomum. In this study, glucose-citric acid was used as a NADES and methanol-water was used as a conventional solvent. The radical scavenging activities, phenolic compound and tannin amounts of the extracts obtained as a result of extraction with two different solvents were found. Antioxidant activities of extracts prepared with natural deep eutectic solvent were found to be higher. It has been shown that NADES, which are less harmful on the health and environment, have low toxicity and are environmentally friendly, can be used in extraction instead of traditional solvents such as hexane, benzene, and methanol.